dimebag darrell

Men in the metal industry are not known to wear their hearts on their sleeves, with the tough image and all that. One of the biggest as*holes is Phil Anselmo who has been rubbing people the wrong way since the beginning of time. Whether it was his former Pantera bandmates or humanity in general, the guy […]

Why is it that legends always go before their time? They say the best ones are called first, but it’s not fair for those left behind. Especially in the case of Darrell “Dimebag Darrell” Abbott. The co-founder of two major bands in the groove metal scene – Pantera and Damageplan, his riffs and style on his Dean guitar […]

Following the debacle that was a racial outburst by Phil Anselmo, the first official negative response to the metal veteran has come from Dutch festival, FortaRock. In an official statement released by the management of FortaRock, they said: “After the recent outbursts by singer Phil Anselmo during the Dimebash event in the US, his band […]

Lynrd.com: August 20, 2015 would have marked the 49th birthday of the guitar maverick and Hollywood Rockwalk inductee, Darrell Lance “Dimebag” Abbot. Born on August 20th 1966, Dimebag was one of the founding members of two legendary metal bands – Pantera and Damageplan. Dimebag or Diamond Darrell, as he was earlier called, was an epic […]

HELLYEAH/ex-PANTERA drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott spoke to Revolver TV at a press conference on Feb 17, and he spoke about the new HELLYEAH album. On his new album, the brother of late Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell said: “We’re about three-quarters of the way done with the record. It’ll be out June 1st. Our tour starts […]